Crape-strip decoration



June 12, 1923. 1,458,624

J. J. MACDAID, JR

GRAPE STRIP DECORATION Filed March 25. 1922 James J. MAGDAID, JR or ALLSTON, BOSTON, MAssAcnusn'r'rs, AsSIenoR T0 DENNI- SON MANUFACTURING com any, or ERAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, A oonrona- TION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CREPE-STRIP DECORATION.

Application filed March 25, 1922. Serial No. 546,699.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JAMES J. MACDAID, Jr., a citizen of the-United States of America, and resident of Allston, Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachu-' setts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Grape-Strip Decoration, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to decorative material in strip form used in the making of festoons, drapery, ornamental designs and in producing an infinite variety of decorative effects for indoor and outdoor decoration.

' One object of the invention is to produce a strip decoration which has greater strength than previous devices of this kind, which can be disposed in sharp curves fiat against a plane surface, which may be made in any desired combination of colors, which may be twisted into closed spirals, and which is generally more adaptable for decorative purposes than previous devices.

The genus of the invention is illustrated in the concrete embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. '1 is a plan view;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modification;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the strip shown in Fig. 1; i

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the strip shown in Fig. 2; 5

Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views of a strip twisted in an open spiral and in a closed spiral respectively;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a decorative desi 11 made with a strip of material; and

ig. 8 is an elevational viewof another decorative form.

The embodiments of the invention shown for the purpose of illustration comprise a strip decoration A having a plurality of superposed ribbons, preferably crape paper.

he form shown in Figs. 1 and 3 has three superposed ribbons, namely 9, 10 and 11.

Ribbons 9 and 11 are considerably narrower than ribbon 10 and centrally disposed longitudinally on opposite sides of ribbon 10. Ribbons 9, 10 and 11 are preferably provided With a wavy edge as indicated in Fig. 3. This wavy edge may be produced by stretching the marginal portions of the ribbons but is preferably formed'by tucking. The tucks are retained by stitching, the preferred arrangement being a single row of stitching 12 centrally disposed longitudinally of the composite strip or decoration A. For decorative efi'ect ribbons 9 and 11 are preferably of a different color from ribbon 10, forexample ribbons 9 and 11 may be black and ribbon-10 orange; or the ribbons may all be of different colors if desired. It is evident-that any desired number of superposed ribbons may be used to obtain the desired color combination, the ribbons superposed being progressively narrower to produce parallel bands of color.

In the modification shown in Figs. 2 and 4,

two ribbons of crape paper 13 and 14 of equal width are shownin superposed arrangement, the ribbons being preferably of contrasting colors, one being a light color such as white and the other a dark color such as purple. To add to the irregular effect of the edge, the latter may be scalloped as indicated at 15 in Fig. 2. In this form also the ribbons are preferably tucked and a central row of stitching 12 is likewise used to retain the ribbons together and to hold the tucks in place. I

Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive show uses suggestive of a few of'the decorative effects which may be produced by the type of strip decoration just described.

In Fig. 5 a strip decoration of the type disclosed in Figs. 1 and 3 is shown in a loose spiral, the central row of stitching 12 serving as the axis for the spiral and retaining the strip against stretching and preventing the pulling outof the tucks when the festoon thus formed is placed under strain.

Fig. 6 shows a novel form of closed spiral or corkscrew coil which may be produced with strip decoration of the above described type. This type of festoon is produced by tlghtly twisting the strip until the opposite edges meet, thus forming a hollow rope. In this case the central row of stitching 12 serves to hold the margins on together. This type of festoon is resilient due to the flexing of the contacted edges when the festoon is pulled.

Fig. 7 is suggestive of other designs which may be produced with the stri decoration in sharp bends or turns when flat against a plane surface. In this figure the strip is bent into a circle, such a disposition of the strip being possible since the tucks permit the portion ofthe strip forming the inner circle I) of the design to be folded together into a very compact space, the corresponding tucks on the outer periphery a of the circle expanding. The expanding of the outer edge of the strip may be further effected by slitting the tucks as indicated at 20 as far in as the paper strip 11. In making circle designs of this type, tacks or other similar fastenin means are used to holdtho strip in the desired position. In such a design as Fig. 7 concentric circles of various contrasting colors may be readily produced by suitabl arranging the superposed layers of tucke paper forming the decorative strip.

Fig. 8 shows the decorative strip disposed in the form of a hollow cup with the tucks at the lower portion compacted to form the somewhat restricted base (2 and the tucks at the upper part f correspondingly extending. Shallow cups of this kind may be used for table decorations to hold nut meats, candy, etc., or to serve as an outer decoration or enclosure for on s or shallow dishes of ices, sherbets, etc. uch forms as those shown in Fig. 8 are possible due to the rigidity provided by the central row of stitching 12.

Other novel designs and decorative arrangements heretofore diflicult or impossible of attainment with the ordinary c-rape 'paper strip will be found easy of accom- .WlllCll gives the needed strength, together with the looseness of the margins resulting from the craping or tucking, or both.

I claim:

1. A strip decoration comprising a plurality of superposed ribbons of paper correspondingly tucked transversely and united together by longitudinal stitching.

2. A strip decoration comprising a plurality of superposed ribbons of crape paper tucked transversely and united together by longitudinal stitching.

3. A. strip decoration comprising a plurality of superposed ribbons of crape paper tucked transversely and united together by a single row of stitching along the center of the ribbons.

4;. A strip decoration comprising a plurality of superposed ribbons of paper socured together with a fullness along their longitudinal centers, successive ribbons having diflerent widths.

5. A strip decoration comprising a strip of crape paper stitched lon itudinally, different widths of the strip aving different colors.

'6. A strip decoration comprising a plutrally uniting the strips in said corrugatedformation.

9. A strip decoration comprising a.plurality of superposed crape paper ribbons, the upper ribbon being centrally'disposed as respects the one therebeneath and of less width than said lowerstrip, the strips be.

ing formed from paper of diiferent. colors and having interlocking transverse pleats formed therein in a common direction, and pliable means centrally securing the strips together in interlocking pleated relation, whereby central opening out of the pleats is prevented.

10. As an article of manufacture, a. paper decorative strip comprising a plurality of layers of difi'erent colors, the edge portions of the strips being continuous and unbroken, the strips as an entiret being formed with a multiplicity'of fine p eatings whereby the strips may be elongated or contracted as desired, and a stitching centrally connecting the strips in pleated relation limiting the longitudinal extensibility thereof, whereby a combination strip of definite central len th and laterally variable length is provided 11. As an article of manufacture, a strip decoration comprising a main body strip and supplementary strips of less width than the body strip applied to opposite sides of the body strip, said strips being transversely pleated with the pleats extending in the same direction and nonextensible means securin the parts together with the pleats in folded relation.

12. As an article of manufacture, a strip decoration formed from a plurality of superposed crape paper ribbons, comprising a central ribbon of one width and front and back ribbons of different width and color from the main strip, said strips being connected JAMES .J. MACDAID, Jia, 

